Right after the the Phillies offense trimmed their deficit to one run Tuesday night, Luis Garcia followed a recent trend among the team's pitchers. The hard-throwing righthander gave runs right back, putting the game out of reach for baseball's worst offense.
A four-run seventh inning by the Pittsburgh Pirates punctuated the Phillies' fourth consecutive loss, a 7-2 defeat that put them a major-league worst 12 games under .500. This is the latest into a season that the Phillies have owned baseball's worst record since late in their 97-loss campaign in 2000.
A.J. Burnett, who declined a $12.